Censure of Bush May Be Appropriate, U.S. Senator Leahy Says

[Lone_Star_Dem]

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Patrick Leahy, the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he is ``inclined to believe'' it's appropriate to censure President George W. Bush over his eavesdropping authorization.

Leahy made his comments at a hearing today in Washington to consider a resolution by Senator Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, chastising the president for ordering government monitoring without warrants of calls and e-mails between people in the U.S. and terrorism suspects overseas.

Leahy, who is from Vermont, urged Congress to subpoena legal opinions from the Bush administration about the program to determine whether the president got ``bad advice'' or ``knowingly chose to flout the law.''

The three-hour hearing was the fourth by the committee this month to look into the eavesdropping program and the first to examine Feingold's proposal. Feingold, who is considering running for president in 2008, said he won't abandon his efforts and that Leahy's support shows his resolution is being taken seriously.

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[Trevelyan]

1. K&R Why was this chamber empty??? Where was Kennedy, BOXER!, Kerry???

Sen. Byrd must still be in mourning for his wife and I wish him well.

Where was Harkin, who I thought had signed on to Censure? This is more than blackmail, with the Anthrax and then the continuing Ricin scare, our former representatives are afraid to represent us. We need to get Iraqi and Afghanistan veterans in Congress who have been in real danger and who might have more courage to face down the mafia threats of the BFEE. What happened to Sen. Reid's statements last month that he had faced down the mafia in Las Vegas and was not afraid of the Bush thugs.

Why isn't reid doing his job as Democratic Leader?

[rodeodance]

3. Kerry is not a member (here is list)

http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm


Arlen Specter
CHAIRMAN, PENNSYLVANIA
Orrin G. Hatch
UTAH

Patrick J. Leahy
RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT
Charles E. Grassley
IOWA

Edward M. Kennedy
MASSACHUSETTS
Jon Kyl
ARIZONA

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
DELAWARE
Mike DeWine
OHIO

Herbert Kohl
WISCONSIN
Jeff Sessions
ALABAMA

Dianne Feinstein
CALIFORNIA
Lindsey Graham
SOUTH CAROLINA

Russell D. Feingold
WISCONSIN
John Cornyn
TEXAS

Charles E. Schumer
NEW YORK
Sam Brownback
KANSAS

Richard J. Durbin
ILLINOIS

[RC]

2. MAY BE CENSURED???

He needs to be in prison already for his war crimes!

[jazzjunkysue]

4. Q: Will there be more hearings?

Anybody know?